Asks for the return of Pethick-Lawrence’s book A Levy on Capital, which was lent to Sir Kingsley Wood last year.
National Library of Scotland.—Declines his offer of a copy of Unshackled (see 3/38), as the library will receive one from the publishers. Discusses the agreement of the Writers to the Signet to sell the books in the Signet Library to the National Library.
Commends his radio broadcast.
Ask him to consider the financial difficulties of various classes of old people who feel the burden of income tax particularly heavily.
Suggests small concessions which might be made with regard to old-age pensions.
(Question:) What is the theoretical aggregate of the quotas as defined in the clearing union plan, on the assumption that all the United Nations came into the scheme?
(Answer:) The aggregate amounts to 25,000,000,000 dollars, not pounds.
(The note is a carbon copy of a typed original.)
(Question:) Asks for a statement of the exchange rate fixed for the occupied territory of Italy.
(Reply:) States the rate of exchange for the lira in the parts of Italy occupied by Allied forces, and refers to the difficulties in assessing the relevant factors at their proper value.
(The note is a carbon copy of a typed original.)
Offers suggestions about ‘pay-as-you-go’ tax.
12 Buckingham Palace Mansions, Victoria, S.W.1.—Returns thanks for sympathy (on the death of her husband).
High Barn, Abinger Common, Dorking, Surrey.—Thanks him for his note of welcome on her imminent admission to the House of Lords.
High Barn, Abinger Common, Dorking, Surrey.—Is unable to attend the meeting in connection with the Street Offences Bill. Suggests some amendments.
National Library of Scotland.—The proposed date of the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees must be altered, as Lord Crawford will be abroad.
High Barn, Abinger Common, Dorking, Surrey.—Thanks him for his letter about her broadcast (see 3/333). Is preparing a lecture on the subject of criminal responsibility for the new Cambridge Department of Criminal Science.
Is sorry she cannot come to the meeting his afternoon (see 3/329), but urges her to be present at the committee stage. Her amendment has already been put on the order paper.
Praises her recent television talk on crime and punishment.
(With envelope, postmarked at Santa Monica, California, on 25 Aug. 1961.)
Hollywood, California.—Sends a get-well greeting from the Hobbs family, who have never had the pleasure of meeting him, but wish they had.
(Printed, except for the message.)
National Library of Scotland.—The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees has been fixed for 7 March.
Regrets that he has not previously been able to attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees, but asks whether he may attend the next meeting of the Standing Committee, as he will be in Edinburgh at that time.
Transmits Lord Pethick-Lawrence’s account for travelling expenses.
Queries the amount of a cheque he has received for travelling expenses. Sends his sympathy on the death of Dr Meikle.
Offers the National Library of Scotland a copy of Unshackled, and asks whether it is true that some of the books and manuscripts in the Signet Library are to be sold.
The Copse, Sonning-on-Thames.—The enclosed (3/40) was written with reluctance, as he felt the task ought to have been attempted by someone who knew Forsyth in the nineties.
(Undated. Acknowledged 6 Sept.)
Office of the Leader of the Opposition, House of Representatives, Wellington, New Zealand.—Expresses sympathy, on behalf of his party and himself, on the death of Lady Pethick-Lawrence.